Forwarding an email received about Tough Sledding virtual casting call. See information below

"Dear Folks,

We are pleased to provide you with the latest update on Tough Sledding – The Movie. As you know, this film is fittingly about Grit, Perseverance and Fulfillment. In order to persevere in these challenging times we have launched an industry-first online virtual casting call to create a level playing field for all disabled actors to submit auditions. In addition to keeping our film production on schedule, this will help the film industry prioritize efforts to be inclusive and respectful with the growing community of disabled actors.

We hope you are staying healthy and maintaining safe distancing. We look forward to sitting next to all of you very soon.

We recently launched a new website: https://www.toughsleddingthemovie.com and today announced a virtual casting call for the film. The press release is enclosed below and the link is here: https://www.toughsleddingthemovie.com/news/open-casting-call-press-release.

Here is the open casting call link: https://www.toughsleddingthemovie.com/open-casting-call. Please share it with your networks and friends.

You may also want to publicize that we are looking for a social media manager! Here is the link: https://www.toughsleddingthemovie.com/jobs

APRIL 16, 2020. Los Angeles, California. Nifty 16 Productions LLC and Kaplan Bonner, Inc. jointly announce the first virtual open casting call to place not disabled and disabled actors in the upcoming silver screen production of “Tough Sledding.” Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the co-producers are the first to launch a virtual casting call in lieu of in-person auditions for the film. The movie production is slated to begin in August 2020.

“Tough Sledding” the Movie is based on the gold medal performance of the 2002 Paralympic Sled Hockey team. The casting call intends to engage acting hopefuls and current sled hockey players predominantly from the disability community to fill most of the on-screen roles.

“The film industry is ready to embrace inclusion and respectability towards disabled actors,” commented Yaron Kaplan, Co-producer from Kaplan Bonner, Inc. “By hosting an open, virtual casting call to highlight the wealth of talent eagerly wanting their break into movies, we hope to establish a new standard for auditions going forward.”

The production team behind Tough Sledding the Movie requests support from special interest groups to endorse or share the first audition casting call. Please go to: https://www.toughsleddingthemovie.com/open-casting-call.

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